Winter Storm: Heaviest snow to fall Monday afternoon
Winter Storm: Heaviest snow to fall Monday afternoon
SNOWSTORM. METINKA: SNOW IS JUST BEGINNING IN THE DES MOINES AREA. ACROSS SOUTHWEST IOWA, IT HAS BEEN SNOWING FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. IT IS SNOWING FURIOUSLY OUT THERE. VISIBILITY HAS DROPPED CONSIDERABLY. YOU CAN ALREADY SEE IT IS BLOWING AROUND EASILY. WATCH OUT FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. WE HAVE A WINTER STORM WARNING THAT GOES NORTHWARD TOWARD HIGHWAY 20. NORTH OF THAT, WE HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LESS SNOW BUT STILL THE CHANCE FOR SOME SLICK ROADWAYS OUT THERE. IN DES MOINES, THE SNOW HAS JUST STARTED TO FLY WITHIN THE PASTPE IT IS LIFTING TOWARD THE ANKENY AREA. WE HAVE SOME AREAS OF SOME SLIGHTLY HEAVIER SNOW IN WALKIE. -- WAUKEE. LOOK AT THIS, DOWN NEAR BEDFORD, WE ARE NOTICING THE SNOWFALL BEGINNING TO GE MORE IMPRESSIVE. THIS IS A BIG SHIELD OF SNOW THAT IT STAINS -- EXTENDS BACK INTO CENTRAL KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE WATCHING FOR HEAVY SNOW TO DEVELOP. THE MOTION ON IT IS HEADING FOR CENTRAL IWEB. KANSAS CITY WILL BE ON THE RAIN-SNOW LINE. THEY WILL IN UP WITH A WINTRY MESS. LET’S TAKE YOU HOUR-BY-HOUR. BY 5:00, ALL OF THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BEGINS TO ROLL INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. THAT WILL BE IMPACTING THE EVENING COMMUTE. BE EXTRA, EXTRA CAREFUL. IT WILL TAKE YOU A LOT LONGER. THIS EVENING, STILL DEALING WITH POCKETS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA. SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWEST IOWA MAY CATCH A BRIEF BREAK. THROUGH THE NIGHT, LARES -- FLAKES CONTINUE TO FLY ACROSS THE STATE. 6:00, WAKING UP TO A LITTLE MORE SNOW FALLING. IT IS ON THE WAY OUT AND IT SHOULD BE ON THE WAY OUT BY NOONTIME ON TUESDAY. SNOW TRACKER IS SHOWING THE MOST SNOWFALL SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20, WHERE WE ARE IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ALONG HIGHWAY 22, 4 INCHES. EIGHT TO 10 WILL BE COMMON FOR CENTRAL IOWA. PLACES TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF DES MOINES MAY PICK UP OVER ONE FOOT OF SNOW. GET READY FOR THIS. IT MIGHT BE HARD TO MEASURE BECAUSE OF THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING ELEMENT. A CLOSER VIEW SHOWS AT LEAST NINE INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. DOUBLE DIGITS, NOT THAT FAR AWAY. MAYBE THE HEAVIER SNOW BAND LIST TO THE NORTH. THE WIND IS GOING TO BE BLOWING IT ALL AROUND. WINDS GUSTING THIS MORNING, CLOSE TO 30 MILES PER HOUR. THEY WILL PICK UP AS THE SNOWFALL RATES BEGIN TO INTENSIFY. IT IS DRIVING VISIBILITIES DOWN TO LESS THAN A MILE ACROSS SOUTHWEST IOWA. BE EXTRA CAREFUL. VISIBILITY IS LOW IN THE METRO AS THE SNOW IS FALLING, STARTING TO BLANKET THE BUILDINGS. 24 DEGREES IN DES MOINES. MAKING -- WINDS MAKING IT FEEL LIKE 12 DEGREES. TODAY IS A WEATHER ALERT DAY FOR THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ROADS ARE GOING TO BE SLICK. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING FOR HEAVY SNOW PLACES.
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Winter Storm: Heaviest snow to fall Monday afternoon
The latest KCCI weather forecast.
The latest KCCI weather forecast.
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